VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The plan to bring a 20,000-seat arena to the city of Virginia Beach has been put on pause, according to the campaign’s organizer, after the city denied the group’s request to build at the Oceanfront.
According to a video posted on the organization’s Facebook page over the weekend, organizer Coleman Ferguson said the city did not choose the group’s application for an RFP to build a parking garage at 19th Street and Parks Avenue, which would have tied into the arena.
“It brings in, you know, revenue, jobs, memories, talent, everything you can kind of associate with sporting events,” Ruben Carrillo, who invested in the project, said…